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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans cut $186 billion from SNAP.”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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House Democratic Leader Jeffries Holds News Conference on Day 41 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 08:35

Republicans this year on July 3, subsequently signed into law by the current president, enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, ripping away health insurance from at least 14 million Americans and at the same period of Time Republicans cut $186 billion from SNAP. Republicans did that this year. They literally ripped food from the mouths of hungry children, seniors and veterans so they could reward their billionaire donors with massive tax breaks that they made permanent. (08:35–09:01)

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Asserts that Republicans cut $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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